Forget Whats your favorite scary movie?
Forget Ill be right back.
she shouts in disbelief.
Im the killer inStab 3!Im the killer!
Yes, that line does show up inScream 3,easily the least loved entry in the series.
Which might be why you dont remember it.
Although it does annoy her.
That would explain my constant headaches, quips Gale, a cut that gets Jennifer to change her approach.
Instead of kissing up to Gale Weathers, Jennifer decides to be Gale Weathers.
But Jennifer is the only one who feels like shes doing to the franchise whatScreamdid to 80s slashers.
Posey is at once breaking down and celebrating the basic tropes and formulas that came before her arrival.
When the sight of Dewey forces Gale to lose composure for the briefest of moments, Jennifer pounces.
She allows herself a slight strut as she goes up to Deweys side and takes his arm.
Poseys performance is, of course, fully comedic.
Jennifer never seems believably scared, not even right before shes literally stabbed to death by a killer.
That is because she is, of course, played by Carrie Fisher.
I was up for Princess Leia, she continues.
I was this close.
But who gets it?
The one who sleeps with George Lucas.
Moreover, it captures the movies sense of humor, all knowing references and in-jokes.
That hyper focus on self-reference makesScream 3a less popular entry, but it also gives Posey room to play.
Shes not just playing an actor who portrays Gale Weathers.
Shes playing Courteney Cox, even using theFriendsstars facial expressions and exasperated line deliveries from the sitcom.
Its no accident that Jennifers murder happens behind a two-way mirror.
As she gets attacked by Ghostface, Jennifer can see Gale and Dewey standing in the other room.
For that, she deserves just as much praise as the other greats in the Scream canon.
